Sulakshana de Mel is Manager, Museums at the Collective for Historical Dialogue & Memory where she is also one of the founding members. Her formal training is in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 

During the last few years, she was part of a German Development Cooperation programme (SRP) that curated and implemented a travelling history museum in 5 locations in Sri Lanka attracting over 20,000 visitors. For more information see www.itsabouttime.lk